Ernest in the Army

Infobox Film
name=Ernest in the Army


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director=John R. Cherry III
writer= John R. Cherry III (story)
Joseph Dattorre (screenplay)
Jeffrey Pillars (screenplay)
starring= Jim Varney
Hayley Tyson
producer= Kenneth M. Badish
John R. Cherry III
distributor=
released= February 24, 1998 (straight-to-video release) October 1,2002 (DVD release)| runtime= 85 min.
country = USA
language= English
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preceded_by = "Ernest Goes to Africa"
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imdb_id=0129908|

"Ernest in the Army" is a 1998 comedy film directed by John R. Cherry III and starring Jim Varney. It is the tenth and final film to feature the character of Ernest P. Worrell. It was released on DVD October 31, 2006 as part of "Maximum Ernest" and "Essential Ernest Collection" coupled with "Your World As I See It" (1994) and Knowhutimean? Hey Vern, It's My Family Album (1983). In the movie, Ernest joins the Army because he wants to drive large vehicles, but ends up being sent into combat. The film received a PG rating from the MPAA for mild innuendo and comic action. It was shot at Koeberg Nature Reserve in Cape Town,South Africa while Ernest Goes to Africa was filmed in Johannesburg a year earlier.

Cast

Plot

Ernest (Jim Varney) is working as a golf ball collector at a golf course, but fantasizes about being a war hero. A friend tells him that if he joins the Army, he will get to drive large vehicles and never have to go into actual combat. Ernest signs up, but is deployed to the fictional country of Karifistan, where his unit has to save the country from being invaded by an evil dictator.

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